Actress Zhang Haoyue recently posted screenshots of a conversation to support Zhao Lusi. In the comment section, a netizen brought up her conflict with Esther Yu (Yu Shuxin) on the Chinese variety show "Grade One: Graduation Season" 9 years ago. She was found to have quietly liked a comment saying, "How do you know this actress hasn’t been hurt?" sparking attention from the public. Back then, the two clashed over the role of "Shanghai Paramount Club Dancer," and Esther Yu commented on Zhang Haoyue's look on the show as "like a spider demon from the Spider Cave," even declaring, "No matter what, I can beat her."
At the time, Zhang Haoyue was publicly ridiculed by Esther Yu for her poor acting skills, and in an interview later responded, "She can think I’m not good, but that doesn’t stop me from having confidence in myself. I really envy those people who have been spoiled and have a temper, because they’ve always been well protected." Now, as the old incident comes up again, Esther Yu's fans went to Zhang Haoyue’s Weibo to apologize on her behalf, claiming Esther was too young and immature back then, which caused this "little episode." This angered Zhang Haoyue, who said: "You have no right to define what I went through as a ‘little episode’."
Zhang Haoyue expressed her dissatisfaction, saying the incident caused her long-term psychological trauma, and the trigger was not just being mocked as a "spider demon"—there were other reasons as well: "It took me a long time to heal after that. I never mentioned it, not because I wanted attention or anything, but because my inner order had completely collapsed at the time, and I couldn’t even react to these outside things. It’s just that I’m much better now, and have the strength to face it. Let me quote from 'Blindness': 'The moment we turn a blind eye to the suffering of others, suffering will spread.'"
Source: ETtoday